Charles fournier



(No Model.)

C. FOURNIER.

VEHICLE. l No. 582,854. Patented May 18, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES FOURNIER, OF DANVILLE, CANADA.

VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,854, dated May 18,1897. Application led December 10, 1896. Serial No. 615,092. (No model.)Patented in Canada October 7, 1896, No. 53,684.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES FOURNIER, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Danville, in the county of Richmond, Province ofQuebec,Canada,have invented certain new and useful Improve mentsinVehicles, (for which I have obtained a patent in Canada, No. 53,684,dated October 7, 1896;) and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to vehicles; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings, Figure I is a side view of the vehicle with one of thecaps removed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same from below.

A is a front cross-bar, and B is a rear crossbar. These cross-bars arecarried by axles and wheels of any approved construction, and thecross-bars may constitute the axles of the wheels, if desired.

C is the body or platform of the vehicle, and C is the seat for thedriver. The vehicle is provided with compensating mechanism for holdingthe platform in a substantially horizontal position when unequallyloaded.

D are cross-bars secured to the under side of the platform, and D areplates secured to the projecting ends of the cross-bars parallel withthe platform by means of clamps cl.

E are brackets secured to the cross-bars A and B, and E are socketspivoted to the brackets E by pins e.

F are spring-bars which have their outer ends secured rigidly to thebrackets E, and f are blocks secured to the inner ends of the bars F andprovided with projections f' on their under sides. The blocks f areslidable in the recesses Z9 in the end portions of the plates D', andthe projections f engage with slots b in the said plates.

G, II, and I are spring-bars arranged above the adjacent ends of thepairs of spring-bars F and one above another.

.I is a spring-bar arranged belov;r the bar Gr between the ends of thebars F. The bars G, II, I, and .I are all secured together and to theplate D by the clamps d, and they are also secured by the central rivetsor bolts j.

J are caps secured to the plates D and extending over the tops of thespring-bars F.

The platform is supported on the springbars, and the blocks f slidelongitudinally in the recesses b as the platform moves up and down.

K is a bracket secured centrally under the platform and provided with aslot la.

L L are two toothed segments journaled on pins 2c', which pass throughthe bracket K. The segments gear into each other.

M is a rod pivoted to the lower side of the segment L' by a pin m andpivotally connected to the front cross-bar A by the pin m.

N are rods pivoted to the lower side of the segment L bya pin nandpivotally connected to the rear cross-bar B by pins n. The rear ends ofthe rods N are spread apart, as shown in Fig. 2, to take up sidestrains.

. O are turnbuckles inserted in the rods M and N for the purpose ofadjusting their lengths. When aweight is placed on either end of theplatform, the other end of it will also be depressed by means of therods and toothed segments.

Vhat I claim is- 1. In combination the cross-bars, the body, the sidesprings extending longitudinally of said body pivotally securedto saidbars, the means for loosely connecting said body to said springs wherebysaid body may shift in relation thereto, and the compensating devicearranged between the body and said crossbars, substantially asdescribed.

2. In combination the cross-bars, the body, the plates secured to thebottom of said body, the springs having one of their ends pivotallyconnected to said cross-bars and their opposite ends slidably held bysaid plates, and the compensating device.

3. In combination the cross-bars, the body, the plates secured to thebottom of said body, the springs having one of their ends pivotallyconnected to said cross-bars and their opposite ends slidably held bysaid plates, the bracket depending from said body,-the intermeshingsegments pivoted in said brackets, and the rods pivotally connected atone of their ends to the segments below the pivots thereof and at theiropposite ends to said cross-bars.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES FOURNIER.`

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